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To: Satr who wrote (273)	11/15/2004 9:55:16 PM
From: HG	Respond to of 536

Hmmmm.....I choose to believe. Oh I believe there are angels among us. Sent down to us from somewhere up above. They come to you and me in our darkest hours. To show us how to live, to teach us how to give. To guide us with a light of love. When life held troubled times, and had me down on my knees. There's always been someone there to come along and comfort me. A kind word from a stranger, to lend a helping hand. A phone call from a friend, just to say I understand. And ain't it kind of funny that at the dark end of the road. Someone lights the way with just a single ray of hope. They wear so many faces, show up in the strangest places. To guide us with their mercy, in our time of need. Oh I believe there are angels among us. Sent down to us from somewhere up above. They come to you and me in our darkest hours. To show us how to live, to teach us how to give. To guide us with a light of love. - Alabama LOL about the prognosis. You* have to worry about that, not me! I'll get by beautifully. <smug smile> Edit: Could we take this discussion elsewhere please? I hate to clutter up this thread...

To: Satr who wrote (273)	2/11/2005 12:12:57 AM
From: HG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 536

Diamond Planets: Rich Possibilities for Other Worlds By Robert Roy Britt Senior Science Writer posted: 08 February 2005 06:27 am ET The solid planets in our solar system are made mostly of silicates. Rock, basically. A new study shows that planets around some other stars might be made mostly of carbon instead. Deep inside such worlds, where pressures are intense, the carbon would make layers of diamonds that could be miles thick. The rich-sounding worlds are modeled after a certain type of space rock, known as the carbonaceous chondrite, which are thought to be broken bits of asteroids. Many of them have been collected on Earth. "These meteorites contain large quantities of carbon compounds such as carbides, organics, and graphite, and even the occasional tiny diamond," Marc Kuchner of Princeton University said in a teleconference with reporters Monday evening from an extrasolar planet conference in Aspen. The idea builds on other reasonable theories. The planets in our solar system formed from a disk of gas and dust left behind from the Sun's formation. In regions where there was extra carbon or a lack of oxygen, carbon compounds like graphite and carbides would condense out of the mix, instead of stone. Carbides are a ceramic used to line the cylinders of engines. They can take the heat of being very close to a star. Kuchner and his colleague, Sara Seager of the Carnegie Institute of Washington, figure that concept fits nicely with discoveries of planets around other stars, including some that are surprisingly close to their host stars -- much closer than Mercury is to the Sun. Carbon planets could survive at high temperatures near a star, they say. Another set of candidates for diamond-laden planets are the dark worlds orbiting a dead, fast-spinning star known as PSR 1257+12. These planets -- three of them are roughly Earth-sized -- might have been formed by the destruction of a carbon-rich star, Kuchner said. Carbon planets might also be common near the center of the galaxy, where stars are known to contain more carbon than out here on the spiral arms where our solar system resides, some 26,000 light-years from the galactic middle. "There's no reason to think that extrasolar planets will be just like the planets in the solar system." Kuchner said. "The possibilities are startling." Carbon planets might have smoggy atmospheres laden with carbon dioxide, and a surface covered with tar-like precipitation. "A little bit like Los Angeles," Kuchner said. Future telescopes might identify some of these offbeat orbs by noting these characteristics and a lack of water. One day, diamonds could lose their allure by sheer overstocking. The entire galaxy is growing richer in carbon as generation after generation of stars produce heavier elements. In the future, Kuchner and Seager contend, all planets might form as carbon worlds. * wanna go diamond hunting with me?

To: Satr who wrote (273)	10/30/2005 10:26:36 PM
From: HG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 536

I think I'm gonna be sad, I think it's today, yeah. The boy that's driving me mad Is going away. He's got a ticket to ride, He's got a ticket to ride, He's got a ticket to ride, But he don't care. He said that living with me Is bringing him down yeah. For he would never be free When I was around. He's got a ticket to ride, He's got a ticket to ride, He's got a ticket to ride, But he don't care. I don't know why he's ridin' so high, He ought to think twice, He ought to do right by me. Before he gets to saying goodbye, He ought to think twice, He ought to do right by me. I think I'm gonna be sad, I think it's today yeah. The boy that's driving me mad Is going away, yeah. He's got a ticket to ride, He's got a ticket to ride, He's got a ticket to ride, But he don't care. I don't know why he's ridin' so high, He ought to think twice, He ought to do right by me. Before he gets to saying goodbye, He ought to think twice, He ought to do right by me. He said that living with me, Is bringing him down, yeah. For he would never be free When I was around. Ah, he's got a ticket to ride, He's got a ticket to ride, He's got a ticket to ride, But he don't care. My baby don't care, my baby don't care. My baby don't care, my baby don't care. My baby don't care, my baby don't care. ;)